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Old trees in New Farm Park Brisbane. The canopies of mauve-blue signal examination time in Queensland
Jacarandas at the "Jacka" - the annual Jacaranda Festival held at Grafton, about an hour north of my home at Sandy Beach.
Jacaranda is a genus of 49 species of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae, native to tropical and subtropical regions of South America (especially Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay), Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean. It is found throughout the Americas and Caribbean, and has been introduced to Australia, New Zealand, India, Fiji and parts of Africa. The genus name is also used as the common name.
Purple Jacaranda trees.
Although this tree, which can grow to about 10 m (33 ft) in height, is native to South and Central America, it is now widely used the world over as an ornamental tree in dry tropical climates.
Definitely among my top 3 favourite kinds of trees ever. I wish they grew here, too. :(
© Isabella Valenza. Do not use or reproduce anywhere without my permission.
Tree with particularly dense, tight trusses of flowers - it nearly looks like a lilac. Growing in the grounds of a school in Dutton Park, south Brisbane.
Outside Lilongwe Airport, Malawi. We have arrived and the most amazing trees appear before us.
Jacaranda is a genus of 49 species of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae, native to tropical and subtropical regions of Central America, South America, Cuba, Hispaniola and the Bahamas. It has been planted widely in Asia, especially in Nepal. It has been introduced to most tropical and subtropical regions. The genus name is also used as the common name.